Indwara ya Chagas ni iki? Ibimenyetso, Intandaro, & Ubuvuzi

Indwara ya Chagas ni indwara y’ibyorezo iterwa n’agakoko gato kitwa Trypanosoma cruzi. Iyi ndwara irashwanye abantu babarirwa muri za miriyoni ku isi hose, cyane cyane muri Amerika y’Amajyepfo, nubwo ikomeje kuboneka no mu tundi turere.

Ushobora kwandura iyi ndwara ukoze ku dusimba twanduye twitwa “udusimba duhoma” cyangwa udusimba twa triatomine. Aya dusimba asanzwe kuruma abantu nijoro, akenshi hafi y’amaso, ari na ko byatumye bahabwa iryo zina. Inkuru nziza ni uko, hakoreshejwe ubuvuzi bukwiye no kubimenya hakiri kare, indwara ya Chagas ishobora kuvurwa neza.

Ibimenyetso by’indwara ya Chagas ni ibihe?

Ibimenyetso by’indwara ya Chagas bigaragara mu byiciro bibiri bitandukanye, kandi kubimenya hakiri kare bishobora kugira uruhare rukomeye mu buryo bw’ubuvuzi. Icyiciro cya mbere gishobora kumera nk’igipfapfa gito, mu gihe icyiciro cya nyuma gishobora kugira ingaruka ku mutima no ku gipimo.

Mu gihe cy’icyiciro gikabije, kiba mu byumweru bike nyuma yo kwandura, ushobora kugira ibi bimenyetso:

• Umuhango n’ubukonje bije bigenda
• Kubabara umubiri n’umunaniro bimeze nk’igipfapfa
• Kubabara umutwe no kumva nabi muri rusange
• Umuhogo w’amaraso mu ijosi cyangwa munsi y’amaboko
• Iguma ku ruhu cyangwa kubyimbagira aho warumwe (bitwa chagoma)
• Kubyimbagira hafi y’ijisho rimwe niba warumwe hafi y’amaso (bitwa ikimenyetso cya Romaña)
• Kubyimbagira gato k’umwijima cyangwa umwijima

Abantu benshi ntibabona ibi bimenyetso bya mbere kuko akenshi biba bito kandi bikagenda ubwabyo. Ibi bishobora gutuma iyi ndwara igorana kuyibona hakiri kare.

Icyiciro kirambye gishobora kuza nyuma y’imyaka cyangwa ndetse n’imyaka mirongo, kandi ni bwo ibibazo bikomeye bishobora kugaragara:

• Ibibazo by’umutima birimo gutera kw’umutima kutameze neza cyangwa gucika intege kw’umutima
• Ibibazo by’igogorwa nk’uguhangayika kw’umunwa cyangwa impatwe ikomeye
• Umuhogo cyangwa umwijima waguye bigira ingaruka ku mikorere isanzwe
• Kubabara mu gituza cyangwa guhumeka nabi mu gihe cy’imirimo ya buri munsi
• Guhagarara k’umutima mu buryo butunguranye mu bihe bikomeye

Ni ngombwa kumenya ko abantu benshi barwaye indwara ya Chagas idakira batazigera bagira ibyo bibazo bikomeye. Umubiri wawe ushobora kugumana ubwandu mugenzura ubuzima bwawe bwose.

Icyateye indwara ya Chagas?

Indwara ya Chagas iterwa n’udukoko twitwa Trypanosoma cruzi tubaho mu mara y’udukoko twa triatomine. Ibi dukoko byandura iyo bihishe amaraso y’inyamaswa cyangwa abantu banduye.

Uburyo busanzwe abantu bandura ni ukugira ikibazo n’amashashi y’udu koko, atari ukurumwa ubwabyo. Dore uko bisanzwe bibaho: udukoko rugurumye igihe uri kuryama, hanyuma rukamena amashashi hafi y’aho rurumye. Iyo ukosereza aho rurumye, ushobora gusukura amashashi yanduye mu kibyimba cyangwa mu maso cyangwa mu kanwa.

Uretse ukuruma kw’udukoko, hari ubundi buryo bwinshi ushobora kwandura indwara ya Chagas:

• Kurya ibiryo byanduye n’amashashi y’udukoko byanduye
• Kwakira amaraso ava ku muntu wanduye
• Kubagwa imbunda y’umuntu wanduye
• Kwanduza umwana mu gihe cyo gutwita cyangwa kubyara
• Kugira impanuka mu labo mu gihe ufite ibikoresho byanduye

Udukoko twa triatomine dutwara indwara ya Chagas dukunda kwihisha mu mabuye n’imbuga z’amazu yubatse nabi, cyane cyane afite ibisenge by’ibyatsi cyangwa inkuta z’ibumba. Bikora cyane nijoro kandi bikururwa na dioxyde de carbone n’ubushyuhe buva ku bantu barara.

Igihe cyo kujya kwa muganga kubera indwara ya Chagas?

Wagisha inama y’abaganga niba wari mu gace indwara ya Chagas ikunze kuboneka kandi ukabona ibimenyetso bibangamye. Kumenya hakiri kare no kuvura birashobora kubuza iyi ndwara gutera imbere ikagera ku cyiciro gikomeye cy’uburwayi burambye.

Hamagara umuganga wawe ako kanya niba ufite ibi bikurikira:

• Umuhango udashira hamwe n’ububabare bw’umubiri nyuma yo kujya muri Amerika y’Amajyepfo
• Kubyimbagana bitamenyerewe hafi y’ijisho, cyane cyane niba ari ku ruhande rumwe gusa
• Isebe ku ruhu ritakira neza aho ukekako inyenzi yagutse
• Udukoko tw’amaraso twibyimba hamwe n’ibimenyetso nk’iby’umurwayi wa grippe

Ku cyiciro kirambye, shaka ubufasha bw’abaganga ako kanya niba ufite ibi bikurikira:

• Kubabara mu kifuba cyangwa gutera kw’umutima kutameze neza
• Kugorana cyane mu gutema ibiryo cyangwa ibinyobwa
• Kubabara mu nda bidashira hamwe n’impungenge zikomeye
• Guhumeka nabi cyangwa guta ubwenge

Ndetse niba udafite ibimenyetso ariko ukaba uzi ko wahuye n’inyenzi zo mu bwoko bwa triatomine, birakwiye kuganira n’umuganga wawe ku bipimo. Abantu benshi barwaye indwara ya Chagas ntibabimenya kugeza nyuma cyane.

Ni ibihe bintu byongera ibyago byo kurwara indwara ya Chagas?

Gusobanukirwa ibyago byawe bishobora kugufasha gufata ingamba zikwiye no kumenya igihe cyo gushaka ibizamini. Ibyago byawe biterwa ahanini n’aho utuye, aho ujya, n’imibereho yawe.

Ibintu by’aho utuye bigira uruhare runini mu kigero cy’ibyago byawe:

• Kuba mu cyaro cyangwa kujya mu cyaro cya Amerika y’Amajyepfo
• Kumara igihe muri Mexique, Amerika yo hagati, cyangwa Amerika y’Amajyepfo
• Kuba ahantu hamenyekanye ko hari inyenzi zo mu bwoko bwa triatomine
• Kuba mu majyepfo ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika aho hari inyenzi zimwe na zimwe zanduye

Imibereho yawe n’ibikorwa byawe bishobora kandi kongera ibyago byo kwandura:

• Kurara mu nzu zikorerwa mu matafari y’ibumba, ibumba, cyangwa izifite igisenge cyakozwe mu byatsi
• Kuba mu nzu zifite uducika mu bicanwa cyangwa mu gisenge
• Kurara hanze cyangwa mu birindiro mu turere twandujwe
• Gukora imirimo y’ubuhinzi cyangwa ubworozi mu turere twandujwe

Ubundi, hari n’ibindi bibazo by’ubuzima bishobora kongera ibyago byo kwandura:

• Gusukwa amaraso mu bihugu bitagenzura neza amaraso
• Kugira ibibazo by’ubudahangarwa byongera ibyago byo kwandura
• Kuba utwite kandi ufite indwara ya Chagas, ishobora kugira ingaruka ku mwana wawe

Kumenya ko ufite ibyago ntibisobanura ko uzandura indwara ya Chagas. Ibi bintu bifasha wowe n’umuganga wawe kumenya niba ari ngombwa gupimwa.

Ni iki gishobora kuba ingaruka z’indwara ya Chagas?

Nubwo abantu benshi barwaye indwara ya Chagas babayeho ubuzima busanzwe kandi bwiza batagize ibibazo, ni ingenzi kumva icyakorwa niba ubwandu bukomeza. Abagera kuri 20-30% by’abantu barwaye indwara ya Chagas mu gihe kirekire bagira ingaruka zikomeye nyuma y’imyaka cyangwa imyaka mirongo nyuma yo kwandura.

Ingaruka zirebana n’umutima ni zo zikomeye kandi zihariye:

• Umutima ukura (cardiomyopathy) udatanga amaraso neza
• Umutima ukomanga nabi bishobora kuba bibi
• Gucika intege kw’umutima gutera guhumeka nabi no kunanirwa
• Ibibyimba by’amaraso bishobora gutera umwijima cyangwa indwara y’ibihaha
• Urupfu rutunguranye rw’umutima mu bihe bikomeye

Ingaruka ku gipimo cy’igogorwa zishobora kugira ingaruka ku mibereho yawe:

• Umunwa w’igifu ukura (megaesophagus) ugora kugira
• Umunwa w’amara ukura (megacolon) utera impatwe ikomeye
• Imvura mibi kubera kugorana kurya no gukemura ibiryo
• Ibyago byiyongereye bya kanseri y’umunwa w’igifu cyangwa amara mu bihe bitoroshye

Izindi ngaruka zidahagaragara cyane zishobora kuba:

• Ibibazo byo mu mikorere y'ubwonko bigira ingaruka ku mikorere y'umubiri cyangwa ku kwibuka
• Kubabara kw'amaso cyangwa guhinduka kw'ubuhanga bwo kubona
• Ibyago ku ruhu cyangwa kubabara gahoraho

Inkuru ishimishije ni uko ibyo bibazo bigenda bigaragara buhoro buhoro mu myaka myinshi, kandi gukurikiranwa n'abaganga buhoraho bishobora gufasha kubona ibibazo hakiri kare. Hamwe no kwitabwaho n'abaganga neza, ibibazo byinshi bishobora guhangana neza.

Uburwayi bwa Chagas burindwa gute?

Kwirinda indwara ya Chagas byibanda ku kwirinda guhura n'udukoko twanduye twa triatomine n'imyanda yadutuyemo. Inkuru nziza ni uko kwirinda kworoheje bishobora kugabanya cyane ibyago byo kwandura.

Niba uri mu rugendo cyangwa utuye mu bice indwara ya Chagas ikunze kuboneka, ibi bintu bishobora kukurinda:

• Kurara mu nyubako zubatswe neza zifite inkuta n'amabati akomeye
• Gukoresha imisarane yabuze imiti yica udukoko igihe ukorera
• Koresha imiti irinda udukoko ku ruhu rugaragara mbere yo kuryama
• Gusiba ibyuho n'ibyobo biri mu nkuta, amabati, no hafi y'amadirishya
• Kwikuraho imipira y'ibiti, amabuye, cyangwa imyanda hafi y'inzu yawe
• Gukoresha amasahani ku madirishya n'imyanya kugira ngo udukoko tudinjire

Uburyo bwo kurinda ibiryo ni ingenzi cyane mu kwirinda kwandura:

• Kwirinda kurya ibiryo bidahetse cyangwa bidateguwe neza mu bice indwara ikunze kuboneka
• Guhitamo ibiryo biteguwe neza mu bigo byizewe
• Kunwa amazi afunze cyangwa avuzwe neza
• Koga imbuto n'imboga neza mbere yo kurya

Niba uri mu kaga kenshi kubera impamvu z'ubuzima, ingamba z'inyongera zirimo:

• Kwemeza ko amaraso apimwa neza mbere yo kuyasimbuza
• Kuganira no gupima Chagas n'umuganga wawe niba utwite
• Kwisuzumisha niba uteganya gutanga amaraso cyangwa imyanya y'umubiri

Wibuke ko kwirinda buhora byoroshye kuruta kuvura, bityo gufata ingamba zoroheje bishobora kukurinda ibibazo by'ubuzima bishobora kuza mu gihe kizaza.

Uburwayi bwa Chagas bupimwa gute?

Kugira ngo hamenyekane indwara ya Chagas, bisaba ibizamini byihariye by’amaraso bishakisha udukoko cyangwa uburyo umubiri wawe ubwirangiza. Muganga wawe azahitamo ikizamini gikwiye hashingiwe ku gihe ushobora kuba umaze wandura ndetse n’ibimenyetso ufite.

Mu gihe cy’indwara ikomeye (ibyumweru bike byambere), abaganga bashobora kubona udukoko nyirizina mu maraso yawe bakoresheje ubu buryo:

• Kureba ku buryo butaziguye ibipimo by’amaraso mashya
• Ibisobanuro by’amaraso byuzuye kandi byoroshye byanduye kandi byarebwe kuri mikoroskopi
• Uburyo bwo gushyira hamwe amaraso butuma udukoko byoroshye kubibona
• Ibizamini bya PCR (polymerase chain reaction) bishakisha ADN y’udukoko

Ku bw’ubumenyi bw’igihe kirekire (amezi kugeza ku myaka nyuma yaho), muganga wawe azashaka antijeni sisitemu y’umubiri wawe yakoze kugirango irwanye udukoko:

• Ibizamini bya ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)
• Ibizamini bya immunofluorescence bitaziguye
• Ibizamini bya Western blot byo kwemeza
• Ibizamini byihuse byo kubona ibisubizo vuba

Muganga wawe akenshi akeneye ibizamini bibiri bitandukanye bya antijeni kugira ngo yemeze indwara ya Chagas igihe kirekire. Ubu buryo bwo kugenzura kabiri bufasha kwemeza ukuri no kwirinda ibyo gutahura bitari byo.

Bishobora kuba ngombwa gukora ibindi bizamini kugira ngo harebwe ingaruka:

• Electrocardiogram (ECG) kugira ngo harebwe uko umutima wawe ukora
• X-ray y’ibituza kugira ngo harebwe ingano n’isura y’umutima wawe
• Echocardiogram kugira ngo harebwe uko umutima wawe upompa neza
• Ibizamini byo kunywa barium kugira ngo harebwe imikorere y’umuyoboro wawe w’ibiryo
• Colonoscopy niba ufite ibibazo bikomeye byo mu gifu

Uburyo bwo gupima bushobora gutwara igihe, ariko kubona ubumenyi nyakuri ni ingenzi kugira ngo ubone ubuvuzi bukwiye no kugenzura ingaruka zishoboka.

Ni iki kivura indwara ya Chagas?

Ubuvuzi bw’indwara ya Chagas biterwa n’icyiciro urimo n’ubuzima bwawe muri rusange. Uko wakira ubuvuzi hakiri kare, ni ko amahirwe yo gukuraho burundu ubwandu mu mubiri wawe aba menshi.

Ku ndwara ya Chagas ikomeye cyangwa izanduye vuba,abaganga bakoresha imiti ihangana n’udukoko:

• Benznidazole, ifatwa mu kanwa iminsi 60
• Nifurtimox, indi miti ifatwa mu kanwa iminsi 60-90
• Kwitabwaho cyane mu gihe cyo kuvurwa kugira ngo harebwe ingaruka zishoboka
• Ibizamini by’amaraso buri gihe kugira ngo harebwe uko kuvurwa kugenda

Iyi miti ikora neza iyo itangiye hakiri kare kandi ishobora gukiza iyi ndwara ku kigero cya 95% mu ndwara zikomeye. Ingaruka zishobora kubaho harimo kuba ufite isereri, kubabara umutwe, guhindagurika, cyangwa kwishima kw’uruhu, ariko muganga wawe azakwitaho cyane.

Kuvura indwara ya Chagas ikaze biragoye kandi bigakorwa hakurikijwe uko umuntu ameze:

• Imiti ihangana n’udukoko ishobora kugikenewe, cyane cyane ku barwayi bakiri bato
• Imiti y’umutima yo gucunga imiterere idasanzwe cyangwa gucika intege kw’umutima
• Kuvura ibibazo byo mu gifu ku kibazo cyo kumera nabi cyangwa impatane
• Kubagwa bishobora kuba bikenewe ku bibazo bikomeye by’umutima cyangwa ibibazo byo mu gifu

Ku barwayi bafite indwara ikaze, muganga wawe azapima inyungu n’ingaruka zo kuvura hakurikijwe imyaka yawe, uko ubaye, n’uko bishoboka ko uzagira ibibazo. Bamwe bashobora kutakeneye kuvurwa imiti ihangana n’udukoko ariko bazungukirwa no gucunga ibimenyetso byabo.

Kwitabwaho buri gihe ni ingenzi uko waba uvuwe kose.Itsinda ry’abaganga bazakurikirana imikorere y’umutima wawe, barebe ingaruka zo kuvurwa, kandi bahindura gahunda yawe y’ubuvuzi uko bikenewe.

Uko wakwita kuri Chagas mu rugo?

Kwita kuri Chagas mu rugo bisobanura gukurikiza neza gahunda yawe yo kuvurwa no guhitamo imibereho ishyigikira ubuzima bwawe muri rusange. Imigenzo yawe ya buri munsi ishobora kugira uruhare rukomeye mu kuntu wumva n’uko kuvurwa kwawe kugenda.

Niba ufashe imiti ihangana n’udukoko, ibi bintu bizagufasha kugira icyo ugeraho:

• Fata imiti yawe ukurikije uko waganirijwe, naho waba wumva umeze neza
• Jya wibutsa buri munsi kugira ngo wirinde kubura imiti
• Jya urya ibiryo bike, bikunze kugira ngo ugabanye isereri iterwa n'imiti
• Jya unywa amazi menshi kugira ngo umubiri wawe ugume uhagaze
• Vuga vuba ku muganga ibibazo byose by'ingaruka mbi z'imiti

Guhitamo ubuzima bwiza bw'umutima biba by'ingenzi cyane iyo ufite indwara ya Chagas idakira:

• Kugira indyo yuzuye, ifite umunyu muke kandi yuzuyemo imbuto n'imboga
• Kora siporo buri gihe mu rwego rwemerwa na muganga wawe
• Kwirinda itabi no kugabanya kunywa inzoga
• Kugira uburyo bwo guhangana n'umunaniro binyuze mu buryo bwo kuruhuka cyangwa gutekereza
• Kuryama bihagije kugira ngo umubiri wawe ukire kandi wongere imbaraga

Ku bibazo byo mu gifu, ibi bikurikira bishobora kugufasha:

• Kurya ibiryo bike, bikunze kugira ngo bifashe mu gushobora kugira
• Hitamo ibiryo byoroshye, byoroshye kwishima, niba ufite ibibazo byo mu munwa
• Jya unywa amazi menshi kandi ushyiremo ibintu byuzuza mu mirire yawe kugira ngo wirinde impatane
• Jya wicara utaragura mu gihe cy'isaha nyuma yo kurya

Ibuka ko kwita ku buzima bw'umuntu mu rugo bikora neza iyo bihujwe no kujya kwa muganga buri gihe. Jya uza ku buvuzi bwawe kandi ntutinye kuvugana n'abaganga bawe ibibazo cyangwa impungenge ufite.

Wategura gute uruzinduko rwawe kwa muganga?

Gutegura uruzinduko rwawe kwa muganga bishobora kugufasha kubona byinshi mu ruzinduko rwawe kandi bikaba byizewe ko umuganga wawe afite amakuru yose akenewe kugira ngo akwitaho neza. Gutegura neza biganisha ku itumanaho ryiza n'uburyo bwiza bwo kuvura.

Mbere y'uruzinduko rwawe, kora ubushakashatsi ku mateka yawe y'ubuzima:

• Andika ibimenyetso byawe byose, harimo igihe byatangiye n’uburemere bwabyo
• Tanga urutonde rw’aho wagiye hose muri Amerika y’Amajyepfo cyangwa ahandi hantu indwara ya Chagas iba
• Andika ibyo waba warahuriyeho n’udusimba twa Triatomine cyangwa ibiryo byanduye
• Zana inyandiko z’amaraso waba waragiye wongerwamo cyangwa ibice by’umubiri waba warasimbuwe
• Andika amateka y’uburwayi mu muryango wawe, cyane cyane indwara z’umutima cyangwa izindi ndwara zifitanye isano

Tegura imiti ukoresha n’amakuru y’ubuzima bwawe:

• Kora urutonde rwuzuye rw’imiti yose, ibinyobwa by’imiti, na vitamine ukoresha
• Zana ibisubizo by’ibipimo byabanje, cyane cyane ibizami by’amaraso cyangwa iby’umutima
• Andika allergie cyangwa uko waba waragize reaction ku miti
• Andika ibibazo ushaka kubabaza muganga wawe

Tegura ibibazo byihariye ku ndwara yawe n’uburyo bwo kuyivura:

• Ndi ku rwego ruhe rw’indwara ya Chagas?
• Ni ubuhe buryo bwo kuvura mfite, hamwe n’ingaruka mbi zishoboka?
• Nzagomba gusubira kwa muganga kenshi gute, kandi nzakora ibizami bingahe?
• Ni ibihe bimenyetso byagombye gutuma mpamagara muganga wawe ako kanya?
• Hari ibikorwa cyangwa ibiryo nakwirinda?
• Nshobora kwanduza iyi ndwara abagize umuryango wanjye?

Teganya kuzana inshuti cyangwa umuntu wo mu muryango w’umuntu ukwizera. Bashobora kugufasha kwibuka amakuru y’ingenzi no kugutera inkunga mu gihe waba uhangayitse cyane.

Ni iki gikuru wakuramo ku ndwara ya Chagas?

Indwara ya Chagas ni indwara ishobora kuvurwa iyo imenyekanye hakiri kare kandi ikavurwa uko bikwiye. Nubwo bishobora gutera ubwoba kumenya ibibazo bishobora kuvuka, ibuka ko abantu benshi barwaye indwara ya Chagas babayeho ubuzima bwiza kandi buzira umuze batagize ibibazo bikomeye.

Ikintu cy’ingenzi cyo gusobanukirwa ni uko kuvumbura hakiri kare ari cyo kigira uruhare runini mu mikurire yawe. Niba utekereza ko ushobora kuba waranduye indwara ya Chagas, ntuzategereze ibimenyetso bigaragare mbere yo gushaka inama y’abaganga. Ibizamini by’amaraso bisanzwe bishobora kumenya niba wanduye, kandi kuvurwa hakiri kare bifite akamaro cyane.

Ku bantu basanzwe bafite indwara ya Chagas, kuguma ufite ubufatanye n’itsinda ry’ubuzima bwawe no gukurikiza gahunda yawe yo kuvurwa ni byo biguha amahirwe meza yo kwirinda ingaruka. Gukurikirana buri gihe bituma muganga wawe amenya impinduka zose hakiri kare kandi agahindura uburyo bwawe bwo kwitaho uko bikwiye.

Kwiringira ni cyo kirinda cyiza cyane niba utaranduye. Ingamba zoroheje nko gukoresha imiti irwanya udukoko, kuryama mu nyubako zubatswe neza, no kwitondera umutekano w’ibiribwa bishobora kugabanya cyane ibyago byawe mu turere indwara ikunze kuboneka.

Wibuke ko kuba ufite indwara ya Chagas ntibigutandukanya cyangwa ntibigabanye ubushobozi bwawe bwo kubaho ubuzima bufite icyo buvuze. Hamwe no kwitabwaho n’abaganga, imiteguro y’ubuzima, no gukurikirana buri gihe, ushobora kugenzura ubuzima bwawe no kwibanda ku bintu bikubera ingenzi.

Ibibazo bikunze kubaho ku ndwara ya Chagas

Ese indwara ya Chagas ishobora gukira burundu?

Yego, indwara ya Chagas ishobora kenshi gukira, cyane cyane iyo imenyekanye kandi ivuwe hakiri kare. Mu gihe cy’indwara ikomeye, imiti irwanya udukoko nka benznidazole cyangwa nifurtimox ishobora gukuraho ubwandu ku kigero cya 95% by’ababwanduye. Nubwo mu gihe kirekire, kuvura bishobora guhagarika indwara kudakomeza kandi bishobora kugabanya umubare w’udukoko mu mubiri wawe.

Icyingenzi ni ukumenya indwara no gutangira kuvurwa vuba bishoboka. Nubwo indwara zikomeye ari zo zikomeye gukira burundu, kuvura bigifite akamaro kanini mu kwirinda ingaruka no kunoza imibereho yawe.

Ese indwara ya Chagas yandura hagati y’abantu?

Indwara ya Chagas ntiyimuka binyuze mu guhura bisanzwe nko guhumeka, kukohoka, cyangwa gukoraho. Ntiwayifata uvuye ku kubana, guhoberana, cyangwa gusangira ibiryo n’umuntu uyirwaye.

Ariko kandi, iyi ndwara ishobora kwandura binyuze mu kuvurwa amaraso, gusimbuza imyanya y’umubiri, no kuva ku mubyeyi ku mwana mu gihe cyo gutwita cyangwa kubyara. Ni yo mpamvu amaraso n’impyiko zitangwa zisuzuma neza, kandi abagore batwite bo mu turere dufite ibyago byinshi bagomba gupimwa.

Umuntu ashobora kugira indwara ya Chagas igihe kingana iki atayizi?

Abantu benshi bashobora kugira indwara ya Chagas imyaka myinshi batayizi. Ibimenyetso by’icyiciro gikabije akenshi biba bito kandi bishobora kumera nk’igipfapfa cyangwa inkorora, bityo bikaba byoroshye kubirengagiza cyangwa kubibagirwa.

Icyiciro kirambye gishobora guceceka imyaka 10-30 mbere y’uko ibibazo bigaragara. Bamwe ntibagira ibimenyetso na gato, naho abandi bashobora kutamenya ibibazo kugeza igihe bafite ibibazo by’umutima cyangwa ibibazo byo mu gifu mu myaka yabo y’ubukure.

Ese kuba ufite indwara ya Chagas bigira ingaruka ku gutwita?

Indwara ya Chagas ishobora kwandura kuva ku mubyeyi ku mwana mu gihe cyo gutwita, ariko ibi bibaho gusa mu kigero cya 1-5% cy’abatwite. Abana benshi bavuka ku babyeyi barwaye indwara ya Chagas baba bazima kandi batayanduye.

Niba ufite indwara ya Chagas kandi uri gutwita cyangwa uteganya gutwita, muganga wawe azakukurikirana cyane kandi azapima umwana wawe nyuma yo kuvuka. Kumenya hakiri kare no kuvura abana bavutse banduye bifite akamaro cyane.

Waba ushobora gutanga amaraso niba ufite indwara ya Chagas?

Abantu barwaye indwara ya Chagas ntibashobora gutanga amaraso, imyanya y’umubiri, cyangwa ingingo kuko iyi ndwara ishobora kwandura binyuze muri ibyo bitangwa. Amabanki y’amaraso n’ibigo by’impyiko bisuzumira indwara ya Chagas kugira ngo birinde ikwirakwira ryayo.

Niba wavuye mu mararyi neza kandi muganga akazemeza ko ubwandu bwarangiye, ushobora kuzatanga amaraso mu gihe kizaza. Ariko, icyemezo nk’iki gisaba isuzuma ryimbitse ryabaganga kandi kishingiye ku bintu bitandukanye birimo amateka yawe y’ubuvuzi n’ibisubizo by’ibipimo.